Right after I posted on Apple’s increased market share in personal computers being attributed to their retail stores, I had to use one.
My MacBook Pro suddenly developed a problem with the DVD drive. Running across the street in Houston to the Galleria Mall, I got immediate attention. Actually, I got an appointment to see a “genius” next morning at 8:20AM.
He took my laptop, promising to replace the drive same day. On warranty, no cost to me. Now that’s service.
On the other hand, I left the store with a new LaCie 160 GB Rugged Hard Drive.
Dedicated to hauling around my many hours of gymnastics video, this lightweight portable hard drive was NOT on warranty. It cost me $150.
Rick McCharles 
Hard drive? Ok, I thought you already had a portable hard drive? I still have to buy mine, plan to order today likely….so what do you recommend?
This one is more expensive because it has the faster Firewire 800 drive for video.
The cheapo drives are plenty fast enough for normal backup.
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